Community

Common Share Food Co-op’s Commitment to Social Justice

Common Share Food Co-op commits to fostering and creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment, and to engaging in anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practices. We recognize that for Common Share Food Co-op to benefit the entire community, it must reflect and be responsive to the needs of the entire community. Common Share Food Co-op commits to working together with our community to address issues of racial, social, and economic justice in the food system and to create a food store that will serve all. We encourage all members of our community to participate in the creation of the business, to become member-owners, and to run for leadership positions.

Common Share Food Co-op will strive to:

Build a locally owned food store that will work in collaboration with other existing community resources to help strengthen community resilience

Create meaningful jobs for our worker-owners

Pay fair wages to our worker-owners

Keep decision-making power in the hands of the worker-owners and the member-owners, in collaboration with an elected Board of Directors